Math Literacy
What is a product?
The answer to multiplying two factors or numbers
5x for x = 6
5(6) = 30
What operation does "More than", refer to?
Addition or adding
30 divided by a number p
30/p
9 x 1.2
10.8
Define a variable.
It is a letter or symbol that represents an unknown quantity or number.
x(3.15) for x = 1.4
1.4(3.15) = 4.41
How many terms does the expression have:
z/9 - 3 x 2
2
11 8/9 less than the product of 4 and a number z
4z - 11 8/9
6.8s for s = 3
20.4
What is a coefficient?
A number that is multiplied by a variable.
y/4 for y = 3.8
3.8/4 = 0.95
Which part of the expression represents a quotient?6.8s - (15 / 3) + 14
15 / 3
write 3 more than the product of 4 and a number p as an algebraic expression
4p + 3
What is the constant numerical value?
t / 5(8 + 3) - 5.3
5.3
Describe a term
part of an algebraic expression separated by a plus or minus sign
2b + 3.4 for b = 1.7
2(1.7) + 3.4 = 6.8
How many terms does the expression have:
14.1 + (6 x 2) - (20/5)
3
Some s students share 4 baskets of apples. Each basket has 12 apples. Write an algebraic expression to represent this situation
(4 x 12) /s
14.4s - 7 for s = 3
36.2
Name every way you can write multiplication
x, (), 4a, with a dot.
3 - y divided by 3/8 for y = 1/6
46/18
Which part of the expression represents a product of two factors? 6.8s - (15 / 3) + 14
6.8s
triple a number d
d3
15 fewer than d dogs
d - 15